[duke2555]

I have a rather large older pc that I may be able to salvage some parts out of for a smaller HTPC or I could sell my pc as a whole unit and use the cash to buy parts to build a HTPC...

Here's what I have:

Lian Li PCV-600 Case
ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe MOtherboard
AMD Athalon 64x2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
TAGAN TG-580-U15 Switching PSU
NVIDIA GeFORCE 7300LE Graphics Card (no HDMI)
a std CD/DVD RW Drive
Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200rpm SATA Drive
Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200rpm SATA Drive (OS Drive)
External 1TB USB 2.0 Drive
4x1GB RAM

Would like a smaller footprint HTPC to go into my entertainment unit...if building new I was thinking of something like:
AMD A10-5800K APU Quad Core Processor Socket FM2 3.8GHZ
ASUS F2A85-M/CSM mATX FM2 85X FCH DDR3 2PCI-E16 1PCI-E1 1PCI SATA3 DVI HDMI USB3.0 Motherboard
PSU ?
CD/DVD RW Drive
4-8GB RAM
either an SSD Drive or SATA Drive for OS (Win7)
a Wireless Keyboard/Mouse for HTPC (I have a Logitech Harmony One I can hopefully use for remote?)

If building new I would like to keep under $500...preferrably in the $300-400 range.

Suggestions would be appreciated...

Thanks

[RaggSokk3n]

small footprint isn't going to happen with a a10...
take a look on the many a6 FM2 builds on this forum or my htpcs with i3 3225

[live4ever]

Everything but the 7300LE GPU would be usable (no hardware decoding).

[duke2555]

ya, after doing some research I have decided on the i3 3225 CPU if I do a new build...suggestions on other parts?
I want to keep it in the $400-500 range...

I would use my old pc, but the case is wayyy to big and noisy for my entertainment unit...if I am going to change the case, I might as well upgrade the CPU and MOBO as well...

[RaggSokk3n]

if you change cpu + mobo you'll probably have to change ram to..
add a case change and gpu change to that and you might as well buy a new one

[Malosar]

There's a new A10-6700 coming out at 65w.... that should be a killer HTPC.